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catherine the great

Catherine was born on May 2, 1729, in Settin Pomerania. Her birth name was Sophia Augusta. Her father was Christan Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst. The family of Anhalt-Zebst was one of the poorest and most obscure of all the German princely families. Her father did not become the reining Prince of Zerbst until Catherine was thirteen years old.

In 1743, when Catherine was fifteen her mother had found her a husband. She was to marry Grand Duke Peter of Holstein, he was sixteen. When Catherine met her husband she thought that he was weak, egotistical, unbalanced, ineffective and entirely Lutheran and German in his attitude. Catherine was to convert to Russian Orthodoxy after a year of instruction and education at the Russian court. She was married in 1745, and became Grand Duchess Catherine of Russia.

Catherine’s life as a Grand Duchess from 1745 to 1762 was very difficult. Her and her husband were never on good terms. Catherine thought that she would have to make her own way and find her own place at the Russian court. She then learned to speak Russian, to convince to court of her good will. She studied rituals of orthodoxy and was careful to show respect for her new religion. While she was doing this she and her husband disagreed mor

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